He loved picture books from the word go, listening to stories, and then Ladybird books with a colourful picture on one page, and the word on the other.
For some reason, the first letters he recognised were “BP”, from the petrol station ~ I think we did a lot of driving with him.
Frank started to read simple phrases before he was four years old. A very quick learner. And then an incredibly avid reader. He adored his books.
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Aha, for some silly reason on my part, I thought you had actually ‘seen’ him, either here in Cornwall, or in and around Wootton and Bransgore, when he attended the Fortune Centre at Avon Tyrrell. Just my mind playing silly tricks.
But you are right, I did post a picture (or more than one!), of Frank on the beach reading.
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